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    "id": 510431,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Gathecha",
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        "legal_name": "Annah Nyokabi Gathecha",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I rise to support the Report by the PAC and to congratulate the Committee as well for the good work that they have done. They found a backlog and have managed to work extremely hard to ensure that we have updated budget Reports. This is timely because it will finally put an end to all the noise that has been going in the country with regard to pesa mashinani. The fact that this has been domiciled in the Opposition Members’ docket, hopefully, it will cool down the temperatures in terms of requesting for pesamashinani . We will finally be working, as a Government, on up to date accounts. The Committee finally got round to its mandate to ensure that finally, Kenyans get the money that they require to meet the Budget allocation or the percentage that is supposed to go towards devolution. This will put an end to the noise that some of our colleagues have been making over the weekends. This particular Report, as large as it is, enables anybody to sit down and set up a Budget. They will be able to work with figures that are current, known and figures that we can draw accurate reports from. If we look at the five years’ backlog that the Committee dealt with, it means that nobody expected any transparency simply because there was nothing to work on. They had to wait for the reports to be presented. Now that we have the Reports, we can take a look even into the counties and see the funds that have been devolved to the counties. We will be able to look at the reports properly and see how the national Government has allocated funds to be used for the development of this country. If we take a look at the expenditures and the promises that the Jubilee Government has given, with this, we will not only deliver, but we will also provide accountability and transparency which are some of the key objectives of this Government. One of the main objectives of this Government is to ensure that wastage of funds is arrested and we can fully account for the taxpayers’ money. Those funds should be used directly for development and benefits of all Kenyans. When we take a look at the area of finance, I am sure the challenges that this Committee has had, which we have heard, have been tremendous and daunting. We need to ensure that capacity is seriously built to ensure that the reports that we get are timely and clear, so that we, as the national Government, will stand up and say that this is what was allocated, this is what was budgeted and this is what the Government has spent. Anybody who has misappropriated funds and those who have been delivering “air” in the name of getting contracts should be dealt with. We will clean up that and provide opportunities to the youth and the women of this country who apply for tenders. We will take care of the backlog and the serious issues that have been there, of people not being paid for three or five years or their assets being sold off simply because funds have run out. This report gives us a clear direction as to what exactly has taken The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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